THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Cities included in the warninginclude: BRIGGSDALE,GROVER,PAWNEE BUTTES,NEW RAYMER, STONEHAM,BRUSH, FORT MORGAN,GOODRICH and WIGGINS. THE WARNING HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDELIMON, AKRON, STERLING, JULESBURG AND HOLYOKE, IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREASSATURDAY, MARCH 9 FROM 5AM - 11PM.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE
DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY.

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THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ARIZONA THIS
EVENING AND THEN TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE TONIGHT.
THE STORM WILL THEN TRACK ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO
BORDER SOUTHERN COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING INTO
WESTERN KANSAS BY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INTENSIFYING LATER TONIGHT AND
THEN CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. ON THE PLAINS...A MIX OF
RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE
TONIGHT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS
BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTS FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR SATURDAY MORNING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DANGEROUS WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO WITH THIS STORM...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY EAST OF
I-25.

Friday: STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING TOWARD COLORADO...
...WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR HEAVY SNOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR MOST MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ACROSS THE
PLAINS...
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS
MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING MOISTURE OVER THE MOUNTAINS
WITH SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW POSSIBLY FALLING IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF
LARIMER COUNTY. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
BY SATURDAY MORNING. ON THE PLAINS...SOME RAIN SHOWERS OR A MIX
OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AND BEGIN ACCUMULATING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A COUPLE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY
MORNING. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ARIZONA TODAY
AND WILL BE CROSSING OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO BY SATURDAY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY.
IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVER MOST AREAS. THERE WILL BE BLOWING
SNOW OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST FROM
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE 12 TO 24 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS EAST OF
THE DIVIDE...5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND
HIGH VALLEYS...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE PLAINS. SUNDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY LOOK TO BE DRY WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. READINGS SHOULD
BE AT OR ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

Day-to-Day Outlook:

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51. East wind around 8 mph.

Friday Night: Scattered rain showers before 8pm, then scattered rain and snow showers between 8pm and 11pm, then snow likely after 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 32. East northeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow with areas of blowing snow. Temperature falling to around 30 by 10am. Windy, with a north wind 16 to 21 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible.

Saturday Night: Snow likely with areas of blowing snow before 11pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 17. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a north wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

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